Checking in ice hockey often results in injuries. A joke was posted on Reddit—Oneliners on May 11, 2021:
“Hockey is a dangerous sport last time I checked.”
Wikipedia: Checking (ice hockey)
Checking in ice hockey is any of a number of defensive techniques aimed at disrupting an opponent with possession of the puck or separating them from the puck entirely. Most types are not subject to penalty.
Reddit—Oneliners
Posted by u/Threeatatime1 May 11, 2021
Hockey is a dangerous sport last time I checked.
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Hockey is a dangerous sport last time I checked
9:53 PM · May 11, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
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Lincoln Paul
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Hockey is a dangerous sport last time I checked. #dadjoke #checkplease #checkyeroilers #Penguins
9:45 AM · May 12, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
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